Improving Access to Nutrition Act

What it does

If Congress passes it, the Improving Access to Nutrition Act would end the three-month time limit on SNAP benefits for certain unemployed and underemployed adults who do not document sufficient hours of work each month. Read a Fact Sheet about this bill.

Who supports this bill?

The Improving Access to Nutrition Act is a bicameral bill, which means it has support in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Representatives Barbara Lee and Alma Adams and Senator Peter Welch introduced this bill. In the House, this bill is referred to as H.R. 1510 and these Representatives are already supporting this bill. In the Senate, this bill is referred to as S. 2435 and these Senators are already supporting this bill.

This bill is endorsed by the Food Research and Action Center and Feeding America.

Want to support this bill?

If your Senators and House Representative aren’t already on the list of cosponsors for the bill:

• Ask your two Senators to “cosponsor the House’s Improving Access to Nutrition Act, S. 2435”
• Ask your House Representative to “cosponsor the Improving Access to Nutrition Act, H.R.1510.”

If your elected officials are already supporting this bill, you can always contact them to thank them and help spread the word among your networks.

Resources

If you’d like to learn more about the Improving Access to Nutrition Act, you can:

• Find instructions for calling or writing your Representative and Senators (tip: enter your address)
• Track the bill’s progress on Congress.gov or GovTrack
• Learn why lawmakers are supporting this bill (Representative Barbara Lee’s press release)
• Read the full bill text

See more bills worthy of your support in the 2023 Farm Bill.